Markandeya Purana · Chapter 36

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe 'larkānuśāsane varjyāvarjyanāmā pañcatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
ṣaṭtriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
jaḍa uvāca
sa evamanuśiṣṭaḥ san mātrā saṃprāpya yauvanam /
ṛtadhvajasutaścakre samyagdāraparigraham

putrāṃścotpādayāmāsa yajñaiścāpyayajadvibhuḥ /
pituśca sarvakāleṣu cakārājñānupālanam

tataḥ kālena mahatā saṃprāpya caramaṃ vayaḥ /
cakre 'bhiṣekaṃ putrasya tasya rajye ṛtadhvajaḥ

bhāryayā saha dharmātmā yiyāsustapase vanam /
avatīrṇo mahārakṣo mahābhāgo mahīpatiḥ

madālasā ca tanayaṃ prāhedaṃ paścimaṃ vaca /
kāmopabhogasaṃsargaprahāṇāya sutasya vai

madālasovāca
yadā duḥ khamasahyaṃ te priyabandhuviyogajam /
śatrubādhodbhavaṃ vāpi vittanāśātmasambhavam

bhavettat kurvato rājyaṃ gṛhadharmāvalambinaḥ /
duḥ khāyatanabhūto hi mamatvālambano gṛhī

tadāsmāt putra ! niṣkṛṣya maddattādaṅgulīyakāt /
vācyaṃ te śāsanaṃ paṭṭe sūkṣmākṣaraniveśitam

jaḍa uvāca
ityuktvā pradadau tasmai sauvarṇaṃ sāṅgulīyakam /
āśiṣaścāpi yā yogyāḥ paruṣasya gṛhe sataḥ

tataḥ kubalayāśvo 'sau sā ca devī madālasā /
putrāya dattvā tadrājyaṃ tapase kānanaṃ gatau